Tag / 2012
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Yes, You Can Still Care About Politics Now
It’s now been twenty-four hours since the networks called – some begrudgingly – the presidential election. As the fervor begins to die down, the partisan t-shirts will retire to the back of our drawers. Some may peel off losing bumper-stickers, but nevertheless, America has batch of politicians — some old, some new — ready to…
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The Science Debate
Science is the basis for most forms of quantifiable progress. With population growth steadily decreasing each coming decade, enhancements in technology are the only way to increase productivity, and in turn, GDP. Furthermore, science and technology are directly responsible for enhanced standards of living as well as increased life expectancy. Despite its importance, we hear…
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The Fine Line Between Celebrity and Politics
We live in a celebrity-driven society. Celebrities are the face of media and modern popular culture, and they are the voice of millions of fans idolizing their very existence. With the emergence of Facebook and Twitter, celebrities have found a greater medium to exert their influence. Celebrities often use social media to express their politics,…
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The October Surprise (!)
I always like reading Niall Ferguson — the priggish Harvard professor-cum-Newsweek columnist — mostly because I enjoy his contradictory and often incorrect predictions (not to mention his obligatory “I told you so” postscripts). This week he ponders whether the president is attempting to “wag the dog” the week before the election. Through its liberal propaganda…
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Remembering Paul Wellstone
Ten years ago, a Senator, his wife, his daughter, three campaign staffers and two pilots died in a small plane crash in Northern Minnesota. I was ten years old, and my mom came to school to lead our Girl Scout Troop meeting, and she was crying. I didn’t understand at the time why it was…
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Voter Fraud
The myth goes like this: scores of miscreant ineligible voters head to the polls every election – well, especially in 2008 – and, like a Chicago political machine, destroy the sanctity of our democracy with rampant, fiendish voter fraud. In order to preserve our honor, our very freedom, is it too much to ask that…
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A Letter to the GOP
Dear Chairman Priebus, I have to admit, I am not happy with the way things have been going these past few years with the GOP. My disappointment goes beyond the party’s inability to run respectable candidates for public office. It goes beyond the crazies like Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin who make ridiculous claims about…
